Lecture 3 1. Assume you purchased 700 shares of XYZ common stock on margin at $50 per share from your broker. If the initial margin is 65%, how much did you borrow from the broker, what is the margin? 2. You purchase 100 shares at $60 per share and margin = 50%. Suppose stock rises to $80/sh (increase of 33%). What is your return? Suppose stock drops to $40/sh (decrease of 33%). What is your return? 3. Investor opens a brokerage account and purchases 300 shares of XYZ at $40 per share. She borrows
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1. Yes. Robertson Tool Company had been going through a few years of low sales and profit, and, coupled with conservative financial and accounting practices, was far behind the normal growth rate for companies in its industry. Robertson’s 50% control of the market for clamps and vises, along with its good position in the scissors and shears’ $200 million market, let it compliment the diverse holdings of Monmouth. These are attractive attributes of Robertson, but the selling point lies in the
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com I. PROJECT PROPOSED: “IMPACT OF OPEN INTEREST ON EQUITY MARKET TRENDS” II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT IN BRIEF: This project has been initiated for the purpose of acquainting me with the basics of the financial terminologies used in the stock markets along with the in-depth knowledge on how derivatives work and the impact of open interest on options. One of the most important concepts of the Derivatives Market is ‘Open Interest’. Open Interest (OI) is the total number of outstanding
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helps us to take investment decisions. • If Estimated Value > Market Price, Buy • If Estimated Value < Market Price, Don’t Buy How can equity be valued? • DDM • Relative Valuation • CAPM In discounted cash flow valuation, the objective is to find the value of an asset, given its cash flow, growth and risk characteristics. In relative valuation, we value an asset based upon how similar assets are currently priced in the market. A prospective house buyer decides how much to pay for
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Questionnaire Q1. Preference of investment, is cash market , derivatives market or both? • Only cash/capital market • Only derivative market • Both Q2. The time period for which they are investing? • Less than 1 year • 1-5 year • More than 5 year Q3. Proportion of income they invest in shares and securities? • Up to 5% • 5 to 10% • 10 to 25% • More than 25% Q4.Trading Frequency? • Daily • Monthly • Weekly • According to Market Q5.Trading advice? • On your own • Expert Opinion
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stay competitive and profitable. To achieve this goal, Larson Inc, will need to prepare for credit markets and global conditions. In this memo we will present recommendations for Larson Inc, so they can create profitable outcomes over the next few years. Credit Markets: The leaders of the Larson Inc must understand what the current and projected credit markets. The credit market is a broad market that encompasses investment-grade and junk bonds as well as short-term commercial paper. Commercial
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managerial issues - relationship issues - Do not have to calculate duration: just understand the concept. Calculation: calculate ROA and ROE Knowing the DOW CAMAL 1 is best, 5 is worst. Money market (less than 1 year) vs Capital Market Secondary vs Primary Market Derivative Securities Market CMO Jumbo Mortgages, Alt A Mortgages, etc. Sub-Prime?= Securitized Mortgage-back Security 3 Articles discussed: Feb 7th- Nelson Swirt- Meridith Whitney Bob Diamond- set a new standard of ROE
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for Business Week two individual assignment chapter fourteen questions April 5, 2010 |14-1. What are financial markets? What function do they perform? How would an economy be worse off without them? | | |According to T.E. Copeland, J.F. Weston (1988),” a financial market is a mechanism that allows people to easily buy and sell (trade) | | |financial securities (such as stocks and bonds), commodities (such as precious metals or agricultural goods), and other
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Markets and Information Market Efficiency Overview So far we have considered a number of asset pricing models These have all required that price is a good reflection of value Is this likely to be the case? How? Why? Week 5 FINS5513 2 Today Trend and predictability Efficient market hypothesis Implications Supporting evidence Behavioural biases Barriers to the EMH Anomalies Can we build a fully efficient market? Week 5 FINS5513
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portfolio & Stock market efficiency Prepared by: Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Zaki Nofal Submitted to: Dr.Tarek el Domiaty Modern portfolio theory Modern portfolio theory (MPT) is a theory of finance which attempts to maximize portfolio expected return for a given amount of portfolio risk, or equivalently minimize risk for a given level of expected return, by carefully choosing the proportions of various assets. Although MPT is widely used in practice in the financial industry and
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